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THE HISTORY OF SAN GIORGIO FARMHOUSE
San Giorgio was built in the late '700 as a farmhouse
and, together with other farms, it was part of "Santa
Luce Estate", that belonged to the noble family
of the Counts Malenchini. Recently the farmhouse
belonged to the Bank of Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
The farmhouse was inhabited upstairs by two peasant
families while downstairs it was used for replacing
farm carts, for cellars and for storerooms. Outside,
there were the cattleshed, the hayloft, the pigsty,
the hen house and a wood-burning oven.
In front of the house, there was the usual "threshing
floor" where the threshing of corn took place and
the typical straw stacks were set up.
In the summertime, the threshing floor was the meeting
place for families and, the evenings usually ended up
in dances, to the sound of an accordion.
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